The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector: pulsar prospects

Woan, G. et al. (2003) The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector: pulsar prospects. In: ASP Conference, Crete, Greece, 26-29 Aug 2002, p. 351. ISBN 158311516

Abstract

The GEO600 laser-interferometric gravitational wave detector near Hannover, Germany, is one of six such interferometers now close to operation worldwide. The UK/German GEO collaboration uses advanced technologies, including monolithic silica suspensions and signal recycling, to deliver a sensitivity comparable with much larger detectors in their initial configurations. Here we review the design and performance of GEO600 and consider the prospects for a direct detection of continuous gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Heptonstall, Dr Alastair and Casey, Dr Morag and Barr, Dr Bryan and Robertson, Dr David and Plissi, Dr Michael and Ward, Professor Henry and Newton, Dr Gavin and Torrie, Dr Calum and Cagnoli, Dr Gianpietro and Rowan, Professor Sheila and Woan, Professor Graham and Crooks, Dr David and Hough, Professor James and Sneddon, Dr Peter and Strain, Professor Kenneth and Skeldon, Dr Kenneth
• Authors: Woan, G., Aufmuth, P., Aulbert, C., Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., Barr, B., Berukoff, S., Bose, S., Cagnoli, G., Casey, M.M., Churches, D., Colacino, C.N., Crooks, D.R.M., Cutler, C., Danzmann, K., Davies, R., Dupuis, R.J., Elliffe, E., Fallnich, C., Freise, A., Gossler, S., Grant, A., Grote, H., Heinzel, G., Heptonstall, A., Heurs, M., Hewitson, M., Hough, J., Jennrich, O., Kawabe, K., Koetter, K., Leonhardt, V., Lueck, H., Malec, M., McNamara, P.W., Mossavi, K., Mohanty, S., Mukherjee, S., Nagano, S., Newton, G.P., Owen, B.J., Papa, M.A., Plissi, M.V., Quetschke, V., Robertson, D.I., Robertson, N.A., Rowan, S., Ruediger, A., Sathyaprakash, B.S., Schilling, R., Schutz, B.F., Senior, R., Sintes, A.M., Skeldon, K.D., Sneddon, P., Stief, F., Strain, K.A., Taylor, I., Torrie, C.I., Vecchio, A., Ward, H., Weiland, U., Welling, H., Williams, P., Winkler, W., Willke, B., and Zawischa, I.
• Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy; Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• ISBN: 158311516